Frail pensioner dies of hypothermia after being left unable to afford heating
"It's so sad. She was a really nice woman and lived here for years." (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - January 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Deadly costs of bills crisis laid bare after pensioner, 87, dies of hypothermia
Barbara Bolton, 87, a former newsagent, died of hypothermia because she was worried about the cost of heating her neat terraced home, as ambulance workers reveal they take the elderly to hospital fearing otherwise they will die of the cold. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - January 25, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Targeted temperature management in pediatric traumatic brain injury: a systematic review and network meta-analysis - Utsumi S, Amagasa S, Yasuda H, Oishi T, Kashiura M, Moriya T.
BACKGROUND: The efficacy of targeted temperature management, including the appropriate length of time, in pediatric traumatic brain injury (TBI) is inconclusive. We aimed to compare the efficacy of normothermia and therapeutic hypothermia administered for ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 24, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Slurred speech could signal hypothermia - how to reduce risk as temperatures drop
Adults with hypothermia could also experience slow breathing, an expert has warned. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - January 16, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Thermoregulation and thermal sensation during whole-body water immersion at different water temperatures in healthy individuals: a scoping review - Ntoumani M, Benoit D, Eric R, Konstantina G.
Background
Severe thermal discomfort may increase risk of drowning due to hypothermia or hyperthermia from prolonged exposure to noxious water temperatures. The importance of using a behavioral thermoregulation model with thermal sensation may predict the... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 2, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Drowning, Suffocation Source Type: news
From dizziness to dry skin - 5 warning signs of conditions to spot in elderly relatives
Spotting these warning signs could help prevent a loved one suffering a serious health condition, such as a heart attack, hypothermia, flu, bronchitis or pneumonia. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - December 22, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Cold weather medical emergencies to know about: frostbite and hypothermia
The National Weather Service says arctic cold and bitter winds will spread across much of the U.S., and some states will experience dangerously low temperatures dipping well below zero. This is especially concerning during the busy holiday week when many people are expected to travel. One concern, if you are exposed to the extreme cold, should be frostbite. Frostbite Frostbite is an injury caused by freezing of the skin and underlying tissues. First, your skin becomes very cold… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - December 21, 2022 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Lowering temperature of tumor cells to 68F can halt hard-to-treat brain cancers from growing
Lowering the temperature on brain tumor cells has been shown to stall their growth in rat subjects in a new study from Duke University finds. Hypothermia can be effective against cancer. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - December 1, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Parliament Hill Lido sees one hypothermia case a day
Parliament Hill Lido has urged visitors to have shorter swims now that temperatures have dropped. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - November 29, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Intensive care nurses' awareness of identification of early sepsis findings
Conclusions: Nurses had a good rate of identifying early sepsis findings. Yet, they could not distinguish between early sepsis and late sepsis findings. Relevance to clinical practice: The results of the study can support nursing practices in the diagnostic process by considering the factors affecting nurses ' ability to distinguish early sepsis findings from late sepsis findings and to identify them correctly. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - November 2, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Accidental hypothermia: pathophysiology, investigations and management - Chivers K.
Accidental hypothermia, defined as an unintentional decrease in core body temperature to below 35 °C, adversely affects several body systems, including the cardiovascular, central nervous and renal systems. It is classified according to core body temperatu... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 27, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Early predictors of brain injury, acute CO poisoning, neuroprotection of mild hypothermia - Wiener BG, Su MK, Hoffman RS.
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Language: en... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 27, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Lest we forget Nazi atrocities in cold research - Giesbrecht GG, Steinman A.
We read with interest the recent letter to the editor, "The Use of Unethical Research in Wilderness Medicine Education." This letter has raised an important issue about medical history. The letter was in response to a presentation on hypothermia at a recen... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 5, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Commentary Source Type: news
Intensive care nurses' awareness of identification of early sepsis findings
Conclusions: Nurses had a good rate of identifying early sepsis findings. Yet, they could not distinguish between early sepsis and late sepsis findings. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - September 30, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Intensive care nurses' awareness of identification of early sepsis findings
Conclusions: Nurses had a good rate of identifying early sepsis findings. Yet, they could not distinguish between early sepsis and late sepsis findings.
Relevance to clinical practice: The results of the study can support nursing practices in the diagnostic process by considering the factors affecting nurses ' ability to distinguish early sepsis findings from late sepsis findings and to identify them correctly. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - September 27, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
